Ministry of agriculture and other departments jointly issue emergency notice

Introduction: [the Ministry of agriculture and others jointly issued an emergency notice] in response to the recent bird flu epidemic in Hong Kong and Macao, the Ministry of agriculture, the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine of the people's Republic of China and the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation jointly issued an emergency notice today, asking all localities to do a good job in prevention The Ministry of agriculture, the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine of the people's Republic of China and the Ministry of foreign trade and economic cooperation requested in the emergency notice that all entry-exit inspection and quarantine institutions should take effective measures to strengthen the entry inspection and quarantine and the disinfection of means of transport from Hong Kong and Macao Local supervising agencies for animal epidemic prevention should strengthen the local monitoring of avian influenza, report the epidemic to the Ministry of agriculture immediately and take emergency control measures The competent foreign economic and trade departments of all regions shall strengthen the contact and communication with the local animal husbandry and veterinary administrative departments and the entry-exit inspection and quarantine institutions, and strictly implement the provisions of the state on epidemic prevention and quarantine According to experts from the Ministry of agriculture and the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine of the people's Republic of China (AQSIQ), the H5N1 avian influenza virus in Hong Kong recently is different from that in 1997, and will not affect people's health The H5N1 avian influenza virus isolated from two geese in Macao will not affect human health Relevant departments in the mainland are very concerned about the epidemic situation in the two places and have taken a series of preventive measures They have strengthened the entry inspection and Quarantine of relevant goods from Hong Kong and Macao, the disinfection of means of transport, and the prevention and monitoring of avian influenza in the mainland, especially in South China The agriculture, fisheries and Conservation Department of the Hong Kong SAR government announced on 16 this month that highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza has occurred in live chickens in three food markets in Hong Kong Subsequently, H5N1 avian influenza virus was isolated from geese in Macao SAR The Hong Kong SAR government has decided to destroy 1.2 million poultry in Hong Kong, and the Macao SAR government has taken similar measures The mainland has always attached great importance to the prevention and control of avian influenza, especially since the 1997 avian influenza incident in Hong Kong, which further strengthened the prevention and control of avian influenza, and established a sound epidemic monitoring network, disease prevention system and emergency response system At present, there is no H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza in the mainland The chief executive of the Hong Kong SAR, Tung Chee Hwa, said the decision to destroy chickens was a very decisive one He stressed that to prevent the spread of poultry virus is not a simple thing, we must find a thorough solution To prevent the spread of the virus, the SAR government yesterday announced the destruction of 1.2 million poultry, which is expected to be completed within two weeks Speaking to the press after visiting the Immigration Department this morning, Tung Chee Hwa said that, in the short term, in addition to destroying chickens, we should clean the market as soon as possible, study where and why the root causes occurred, and resume the sale of chickens as soon as possible, based on the public's health and safety considerations In the long run, we must find a thorough solution This may include central slaughtering, or better yet He said that the government will listen to the opinions of all parties in the coming months and then make a decision that is intelligent and acceptable to the whole society Asked whether the government will appoint officers at a higher level to monitor health for a long time to protect the health of the public, Tung said that the recent operation of the government's mechanism is very complete in this respect, and he is absolutely confident in the operation of the current mechanism When talking about whether the occurrence of avian influenza will affect Hong Kong's image, he said that he believed that everyone should be highly vigilant and not let it happen again "I believe that foreign people have high confidence in the operation and operation of the Hong Kong government The most important thing is that we must solve this problem in the short term, and then find a good and thorough long-term solution " China feed industry information network kw5